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No. 64,150. Patented April-- 23, 1867.

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E'lilAS ROTH AND GEORGE SHANE, OF "NEW ()XFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Letters Patent 1V0. 64,150, dated April 23, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, ELIAS ROTH and GEORGE SHANE, of New Oxford, in the county of Adams, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement; in Gates; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exac description thereof, which Will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a side view of our improved gate.

Figure 2 is a top or plan View of the same.

Figure is a detail view of the front gate-post.

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Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved gate of that class that is so constructed and arranged that they may be opened and closed by a person in a vehicle or on horseback, which shall licsimplc in construction, cheap, light, and not liable to get out of order; and it consists in the combination and arrangement of the bent levers and bars, or links, which form the upper hinge, and by which the gate is swung open and shut, with the gate, ropes, and rear post,-in placing a roller under the front upright cross-bar of the gate, and the peculiar construction of the catch and of the horizontal bars of the gate; the whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the rear post to which the gate is hinged. B is the gate, the rear cross-bar b of which is slightly inclined forward, as shown in fig. 1. The lower end of the cross-bar 6 pivoted to a socket attachedto the lower part of the post A, and its upper end is pivoted to the upper part of said post, in the manner hereinafter described. The horizontal rails 11 of the gate B are made oval in their cross-section, and they are placed in the gate with their longest diameter horizontal, so that the gate may be swung open and shut with almost equal facility in windy and in fair weather. The front cross-barb is vertical, and has a small roller, I), attached to its lower end to facilitate its operation and enables it to more readily pass over the lower catches O, by which the lower'part of the gate is held in position when open and shut. The upper part of the gate is held in position by a stationary pin attached to the forward side of the front cross-bar b, which, as the gate is swung closed, strikes against the wedge-shaped stop-catch E attached to the front side of the post F. down the inclined side of which itslides and drops into the curved catch or socket G, the stopcatoh-E checking the forward movement of the gate. To the upper end of the rear cross-bar are pivoted two bent levers H and I, the forward ends 7, and z" of which are curved outward, and have shoulders or catches formed upon them which take hold of the vertical pin J which keeps them in their places and forms a support to the one lever whilc the other is being operated. If desired the ends it and 2" of the levers H and I may be connected to each other by ashort cord, R, as shown in fig. 2. To the rear ends of the levers H and I are pivoted the forward erids of the short bars K and L, the rear ends of which are brought together and pivoted to the ears M attached to the upper part of the post A. To the forward ends of the levers H and I are attached the ends of the ropes N and O which pass back to the tops of the posts P, one of which is shown in fig. 2. By pulling upon the end'of one of the ropes,.as O, the forward end of the-lever H is drawn back, and'the first effect is to slightl incline the forward end of the ate B to one side, the sccohd cflect is to slightly raise the said forward end of the gate out of the catches G and G, and the third effect is to, swing the gate open. After passing through, by pulling upon the end of the other rope, as N, the gate will be closed. Persons on foot can easily open the gate to pass through without touching the ropes, by slightly lifting its forward end. None of the posts A E Pneed be any higher than ordinary fence osts. A gate thus constructed operates equally well in dry, wet, or windy weather, is not liable to be disarranged, and will not clog with snow, as the operation of opening and closing the gate raises its forward end so that it swings above the snow.

What we'claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. The combination and arrangement of the bent levers H and I, and short bars K and L, with the gate'B, ropes 0 and N, and post-A, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

2. Placing a roller, D, under the front cross-bar!) of the gate B, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth.

- 3. The catch G E, constructed and'arranged substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose set forth. I

4. Forming the horizpntal bars 6 of the gate B so that they may be oval in their cross-section, and placing h i h their longest diameter horizontal, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose tf tl. Se ELIAS ROTH,

GEORGE SHANE. Witnesses:

A. S. HIMES, J. W. HENDRIX. 

